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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>According to
Federico A. C. Neves and Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski there are</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>some exceptions to
the rule of ending DST Third Sunday of February in Brazil,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>which seems to be
correct.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=002550022-20092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>I just wanted to
point out that there is a Carnival dates calculator at </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><A
href="http://www.ipanema.com/carnival/dates.htm">http://www.ipanema.com/carnival/dates.htm</A> from
which I calculated the </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>following Carnival
Sunday list for 2008 to 2041:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=002550022-20092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>Carnival Sunday
2008-2041:<BR>2008-02-03<BR>2009-02-22<BR>2010-02-14<BR>2011-03-06<BR>2012-02-19<BR>2013-02-10<BR>2014-03-02<BR>2015-02-15<BR>2016-02-07<BR>2017-02-26<BR>2018-02-11<BR>2019-03-03<BR>2020-02-23<BR>2021-02-14<BR>2022-02-27<BR>2023-02-19<BR>2024-02-11<BR>2025-03-02<BR>2026-02-15<BR>2027-02-07<BR>2028-02-27<BR>2029-02-11<BR>2030-03-03<BR>2031-02-23<BR>2032-02-08<BR>2033-02-27<BR>2034-02-19<BR>2035-02-04<BR>2036-02-24<BR>2037-02-15<BR>2038-03-07<BR>2039-02-20<BR>2040-02-12<BR>2041-03-03</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=002550022-20092008>This basically
confirms the rules elaborated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Note that there is a
typo "bellow" in the rules given in the earlier email,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>and that perhaps
instead of giving specific dates, it might be better to </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>give the rule for
the exception dates like this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>+Rule Brazil 2008 2011 - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2012 only - Feb Sun>=22
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2013 2014 - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2015 only - Feb Sun>=22
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2016 2022 - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2023 only - Feb Sun>=22
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2024 2025 - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2026 only - Feb Sun>=22
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2027 2033 - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2034 only - Feb Sun>=22
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2035 2036 - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2037 only - Feb Sun>=22
0:00 0 -<BR>+Rule Brazil 2038 max - Feb Sun>=15
0:00 0 -</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>This should give the
same actual dates, but will give a hint on how</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>the dates behave
after 2038. A bit a matter of taste I admit. Usually we
don't</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>give rules as
Sun>=x when this spans only one year, but here the same</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>rule Sun>=22 is
applied a few years later each cycle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=002550022-20092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Jesper Nørgaard
Welen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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